1938-05-10 — Page 19

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 10, 1938.

F.A. League Truce with Pools

Will Accept| Gift To Jubilee Fund £20,000 MENTIONED

(By "FRANK_COLES”)

LONDON, APRIL 9.

THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE, WHICH TWO YEARS AGO DE- CLARED WAR ON THE FOOT- BALL POOLS, IS NOW PRE- PARED ΤΟ ACCEPT FROM THIS SOURCE A SUBSTAN- TIAL CONTRIBUTION TO ITS £100,000 JUBILEE BENE- VOLENT FUND.

This fact was disclosed yester- day at a meeting in London call- ed to explain the objects of the fund.

pre-

Mr. Charles E. Sutcliffe, sident of the League, said: “I could] names two or three institutiona which owe

a tremendous debt to League football, and if they offer £20,000 to our Benevolent Fund I should take it without any qualmin' of conscience."

Asked if the poola were included in this statement. Mr. Sutcliffo re- plied:

WOULD ACCEPT IT

"I think I have made my romarka sufficiently direct. The country is

Mr. A. B. Labrinho, the Consul General for Portugal, is seen bo- Ing introduced to the Macno Inter part football game prior to the start of their successful clash agni ixt the Colony Junior League eleyen, which they defented by 3 gonhs to 3. ("Mall" photo).

indebted to professional football: VOTE OF CONFIDENCE

ers for providing good, healthy on- tertainment, and if such an offer were made I

cept it.

would certainly ne-

It is well known' in Association football circles that the pools' or- ganisations may make a contribu- tion to the fund on the lines re- ferred to by Mr. Sutcliffe.

IN WARWICK COMMITTEE

R. E. S. WYATT NOT REINSTATED

It was in February, 1936, that

London, March 31. the Football League launched its

After a heated discussion at the annual meeting of the War- campaign against the pools. It wickshire County Club in Birmingham yesterday over the action of scrapped the weekly fixture-lists the committee in replacing R. E. S. Wyatt as captain by P. Cranmer, set of the members passed a vote of full confidence in the committee and

its action.

а new

OBJECTS OF FUND

cap-

GERMANY'S DAVIS CUP LINE-UP

Two Austrians Make Appearance

Borlin, To-day,

the

The names of the four German tennis players, nominated by German Lawn Tennis Association for the Davis Cup match against Norway, wore, announced here yos- terday. The four members will be: Henner Henkel, Boepfort, Rodl and von Motaxa.

The last two players, who are both Austrians, will be represent- ing Gormany for the first time in the series. The match will be play- ed either in Berlin or in Hamburg on Friday, May 20 and will' con- tinue over Saturday and Sunday.--- Trans-Ocean.

OPEN DOUBLES TENNIS FINAL THIS AFTERNOON

Rumjahns To Meet Tsui Bros.

Some very flge tennis should be witnessed on the Stand Court of the Hong Kong Cricket Club this afternoon, at 4.15 p.m., when S. A.. and H. D Rumjahn, the holders, defend their Colony Doubles ten- nis title against the challenge of Tsui Wai-pui and Tsui Yun-pui, former holders;

displayed very fine form in the All four of to-day's players have Tournament neither of the pairings were really date, although

extended.

to

and substituted matches.

At the start of the meeting Sir a meeting of the club. Peter Cran- The secret-fixtures plan, when Charles Hyde, the president, said mer the new captain, was among should regain the title they last On current form the Tsuis put into practice, however, led to he and the committee would re-them, but not R. E. S. Wyatt. such acute controversy and con- sign forthwith if

held in 1936. their report| fusion among the clubs that it and action regarding the

Throughout the negotiations the ed that Wyatt would continue as a was abandoned in less than a fort-taincy were not adopted and con- committee had, it was stated, hop-[player.

While the campaign was in pro-committee to rescind their de- firmed. A resolution asking the gress the Football League reject- ed a £50,000 offer from a syndicate cision appointing Cranmer for the sole rights to use the fix-dropped in favour of the amend- tures as a commercial proposition. ment embodying the vote of con-

_night.

CELEBRATION DAY TRIES STEEPLE-CHASING

(By "RAPIER”)

There was another riding accident at the Valley this morning, but hap- pily nothing serious resulted there- from.

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fidence.

was

Referring to- the captaincy change, Sir Charles Hyde said:

"This was no hurried decision, as it had been in the minds of the committee for over 12 months. It is a great responsibility to drop our pilot, but the club have been sailing in troubled waters for some time, and I hope we have not com- mitted any Injustice to one who has served us for so long.

TALKED WITH WYATT "I have had several talks. with Mr. Wyatt, and on Sunday last he told

me that the resolution of which notice has been given was not inspired by him.

Mr. Hoo Pak-ming, novice

"He is still engaged in certain jockey, took out Celebration Day a 1938 subscription griffin recently ac- that he may be able to play for business negotiations but thinks quired by Messrs. Chan and Hoo. Warwickshire this season, but it After going a mile at a slow trot, also depends upon other circum-

stances.

NOT A THREAT!

Mr. Hoo sent his mount into a gal- lop over the last quarter mile, and instead of pulling up the pony "If this report is not carried, continued in a mad rush towards the then the committee and your pre- six furlongs starting barrier. The aident will resign forthwith, and I pony then jumped the rails on to shall adjourn the meeting until 2.30 the grass track, with the result that next Monday in this room, when both pony and rider came down the members can meet to elect their together, but no injury was sustain- chairman and committee. That is ed by either. Mr. Hoo showed re not a threat, but simply a state- markable coolness when he realised ment from the committee.” that the pony was about to jump the raile.

About 300 members were present one of the biggest attendances at

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